Month: December 2020

Content sponsored and provided by Pfizer. Pfizer asked Stephanie to share her experience and compensated her for her time. Stephanie was excited about starting her first job as a dog groomer. However, her plans changed during a family vacation to Lake Tahoe, when she began experiencing more frequent bowel movements and blood in her stool. …

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Experts in healthcare are continuously striving to develop new innovations that can improve and save lives. Even amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists, physicians, and researchers continued to advance medical knowledge, enhance screening and diagnostic tools, and improve disease management platforms, bringing new hope to patients in 2021. When it comes to medicine, there’s a lot …

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By Tori Guttierez, Cetera Investors There has been a lot of angst over the faltering economy in general, but the “COVID generation” — young adults just hitting the job market or those looking forward to achieving key financial milestones — have been particularly hard-hit by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. These young workers are facing a …

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Uncertainty is a fact of life and for millions of Americans that includes losing their job at one point or another. It’s a particularly stressful time because many find themselves without their primary source of health insurance when they lose their job. But job loss doesn’t mean you can’t stay insured. And VSP Vision Care …

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Crystal is a wife, mother of four and a frontline healthcare worker who also happens to have multiple sclerosis (MS). Though she had experienced numbness, tingling and pain since she was a child, doctors initially downplayed her symptoms. It was not until 2003, while Crystal was in nursing school, that she received her MS diagnosis …

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This year’s holidays have already been and continue to be dramatically different, and no one is expecting anything to change come the start of 2021. But that doesn’t mean we can’t carve out ways to care for our loved ones, spread cheer and support other people in our communities now and in the coming year. …

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The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted people in countless ways. From quarantine and social distancing to remote working, furlough and job loss, many people are reassessing how they spend their time and make money. Turning proverbial lemons into lemonade, people of all ages and backgrounds have decided to pivot their careers to do something that they …

Finding fulfillment: Is this the right time to switch careers? Read More »

The race for a COVID-19 vaccine may have a surprising beneficiary. Artificial intelligence, the sometimes maligned and misunderstood villainous technology behind Hollywood blockbusters from “2001: A Space Odyssey” to “The Terminator” could emerge as a hero of epic proportions. Successfully taking on the COVID-19 virus by aiding vaccine development and management of clinical trials, researchers …

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Living with a chronic lung condition can be challenging. The first step toward improving your lung health is understanding what kind of lung condition you have and what you can do to manage your condition in close partnership with your doctor. One such condition, Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) lung disease, can be serious and can …

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According to a recent survey from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), 85% of U.S. adults do not get the recommended seven hours or more of sleep every night. After a challenging and stressful year, the New Year provides Americans with the opportunity to refocus on the importance of making healthy sleep a priority. …

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